Five million eggs given away every year by Andrew Ewing's Buttercup Dairy during the 1930s - and that is only the headline in the life of a man who gave everything away in his desire to die penniless!

You would think that such a man would be well known - but Andrew Ewing didn't want any credit and avoided all publicity. I only know the story because I was born and brought up on his farm in the 1950s and have been able to track down many former employees and members of the Ewing family.

The result is my book - The Buttercup: The remarkable story of Andrew Ewing and the Buttercup Dairy Company, which tells the tale from his lowly birth in south west Scotland through the building of a business empire and finally the giving of it all away.

The 17th century English churchman once wrote "The great and the good are seldom the same man". He obviously didn't know Andrew Ewing.The Buttercup: The Remarkable Story of Andrew Ewing and the Buttercup Dairy Company